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Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe
A megafarm that would have reared almost 900,000 chickens and pigs at any one time has been blocked by councillors in Norfolk over climate change and environmental concerns.
Councillors on King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council unanimously rejected an application to build what would have been one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe.
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Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis
“We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last week.
Mark Blaxter leads the Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life programme, a project that sequences species’ DNA to understand the diversity and origins of life on Earth. But far more importantly, Blaxter and his team are superfans of our invertebrate of the year competition and have offered to map the genome sequence of whoever wins this year.
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Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers
Oil and gas barons who donated millions of dollars to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are on the cusp of cashing in on the administration’s support for energy-guzzling data centers – and a slew of unprecedented environmental rollbacks.
Energy Transfer, the oil and gas transport company behind the Dakota Access pipeline, has received requests to power 70 new data centers – a 75% rise since Trump took office, according to a new investigation by the advocacy non-profit Oil Change International (OCI) and the Guardian.
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Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate.
The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial services become unviable, from mortgages to investments.
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Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%
The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.
Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly.
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Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life
Golden haystacks shaped like teardrops have been a symbol of rural life in Romania for hundreds of years. The 3-metre-high (10ft) stacks are the culmination of days of hard work by families, from children up to grandparents, in the height of summer.
Together they cut waist-high grass, leave it to dry in the hot sun and stack it up to be stored over the winter, combing the hay downwards to protect it from harsh winds, heavy rain and snow. Throughout winter, clumps of it are removed from the haystacks and fed to livestock.
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If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policy
If the Coalition wins the election, it will face a concerted push from its junior partner, the Nationals, to weaken and even abandon climate initiatives and promote coal as an interim measure in the Coalition’s nuclear power plan.
That would put Peter Dutton and the Liberals between a rock and a hard place should he seek to form a minority government, given that might require the support of environmentally minded crossbenchers.
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The hardy travellers can fly for 3,000 miles from the north-east US and Canada to roost in their millions in Mexico
Imagine your body was the weight of a raisin, supported by just a pair of flimsy, gossamer wings. Now imagine that you had to fly for 3,000 miles, avoiding storms, highways and predators, to ensure your species continued.
Could you do it? Unless you’re a monarch butterfly, fortunately you won’t have to face such a challenge.
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Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
Invertebrates – animals without spines – make up the vast majority of life on Earth. The Guardian’s invertebrate of the year contest celebrates the unsung heroes of the planet. Readers have nominated thousands of amazing animals, we’ve chosen a shortlist of 10, and now you can vote for your favourite.
1. The tongue-biting louse burrows in through a fish’s gills, clings to its tongue and eats what the fish eats.
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Experts are desperate to analyse rusty patched bumblebee nests for information that might help save them. But they are extremely hard to find – unless you’re a trained conservation canine
On a summer day in Somers, Wisconsin, Dave Giordano heard an unexpected buzzing in his back yard. What he found shocked him – a rusty patched bumblebee nest. The discovery was so rare it made the local news.
Once widespread across the midwest and eastern US, the rusty patched bumblebee has seen its population plunge by nearly 90%, prompting its listing in 2017 as the first federally endangered bumblebee in the US.
Main image: Two rusty patched bumblebee gynes in the nest discovered by Dave Giordano in August 2023. Below: Jay Watson, a conservation biologist, observes a nest (marked with orange flags) found in a rodent burrow
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Nedavno objavljena studija otkrila je da majčina izloženost ftalatima tijekom trudnoće može utjecati na metabolizam i razvoj mozga novorođenčeta. Ftalati su skupina naširoko korištenih plastifikatora koji se obično nalaze u raznim kozmetičkim proizvodima i proizvodima za osobnu njegu, poput šampona, sapuna i deterdženata, kao i plastičnih posuda za hranu i piće.
Rezultati istraživanja kojeg su proveli australski znanstvenici sa Sveučilišta u Queenslandu otkrili su da poboljšanje funkcije crijevnog mikrobioma može odgoditi pojavu dijabetesa tipa 1.
Pretilost je povezana s povećanim rizikom od razvoja raka dojke, te većom vjerojatnošću da se rak proširi na druge organe – metastazira. No uzroci ove povezanosti još uvijek nisu dobro shvaćeni. Sada je nova studija pružila nove uvide otkrivši da prehrana bogata mastima aktivira mehanizme koji olakšavaju metastaze.
Vid je jedno od najvažnijih ljudskih osjetila, no ipak je više od 300 milijuna ljudi u svijetu u opasnosti od gubitka vida zbog raznih bolesti mrežnice. Iako je nedavni napredak u liječenju bolesti mrežnice uspješno usporio napredovanje bolesti, do sada nije razvijena učinkovita terapija za vraćanje već izgubljenog vida. No znanstvenici s KAIST-a uspješno su razvili novi lijek za vraćanje vida.
Ljudi s niskim razinama lipoproteinskog kolesterola niske gustoće (LDL-C) u krvi imaju manji rizik od demencije, uključujući niži rizik od demencije povezane s Alzheimerovom bolešću, pokazuje nova studija.
Linolna kiselina, omega-6 masna kiselina koja se nalazi u sjemenskim uljima kao što su sojino i ulje šafranike, te proizvodima životinjskog podrijetla, uključujući svinjetinu i jaja, posebno pojačava rast trostruko negativnog podtipa raka dojke koji se teško liječi, ukazuje nova studija.
Virulentni soj superbakterije otporne na antibiotike koja uzrokuje tešku bolest otkriven je u bolnici u Maleziji, što predstavlja značajan izazov globalnom javnom zdravstvu, otkriva nova studija.
Nova studija naglašava globalnu prevalenciju nedostatka vitamina D tijekom trudnoće i njegovu povezanost s komplikacijama kao što su gestacijski dijabetes, prijevremeni porod i intrauterino ograničenje rasta – unatoč dodacima prehrani i izlaganju suncu.
Lijek tirzepatid poboljšao je funkciju bubrega i kardiovaskularne ishode kod pacijenata s pretilošću i zatajenjem srca s očuvanom ejekcijskom frakcijom (HFpEF) u usporedbi s placebom nakon jedne godine, ukazuje nova studija.
Novorazvijeni krvni test za Alzheimerovu bolest ne samo da pomaže u dijagnozi neurodegenerativnog stanja, već također pokazuje koliko je napredovalo, sugeriraju rezultati nove studije.
